News from April 2021
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - FEMA has proposed updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for DeKalb County, Alabama. Community stakeholders are encouraged to review the updated maps to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insurance implications and may submit comments and appeals during the upcoming 90-day appeal and comment period.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Gary Stopani, 28, of Rochester NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to possessing and accessing with intent to view child pornography involving prepubescent minors. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Sentence includes lifetime supervised release. BOWLING GREEN, KY. - Chief U.S. District Judge Greg Stivers yesterday sentenced repeat sex offender Mark Allen Johnson, 31, of Bowling Green, to 20 years’ imprisonment, followed by lifetime supervised release, for distribution of child pornography, attempted...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Michael Kennedy, 49, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged by Indictment with six counts of making materially false statements to the FBI, one count of obstruction of justice, and one count of conspiracy to make a false statement.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Jackson, Miss. - Timothy Dante Alexander, 27, of Jackson, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves, to brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren LaMarca and Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: SALEM, MA - The Salem Maritime National Historic Site is announcing the reopening of the Salem Armory Regional Visitor Center and the Friendship of Salem. Since March 2020, these facilities have been closed to general visitation due to the pandemic. Beginning May 1, 2021, the Salem Armory Regional Visitor...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, "An Epidemic within a Pandemic: Understanding Substance Use and Misuse in America:"
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at a hearing to examine the federal response to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. In his statement, Senator Portman discussed the need...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: YUMA, Ariz. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Yuma Field Office is planning to conduct prescribed burning at La Posa Long Term Visitor Area (LTVA), as weather conditions allow. The burn area is located approximately two miles south of Quartzsite.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced the bipartisan Rural Forest Markets Act to remove barriers for small-scale, family foresters and help them benefit from new ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: EUGENE, Ore.-Susan Tranberg, 62, of Eugene, Oregon, was sentenced to federal prison today for defrauding her former employer, the Weyerhaeuser Company, out of more than $4.5 million, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Scott Erik Asphaug.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.— Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm issued the following statement today on President Biden's intent to nominate Jill Hruby for Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced today that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a fully remote hearing on Thursday, April 29, on President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget request for fiscal year 2022. EPA Administrator Michael Regan will testify.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Health Subcommittee hearing titled, "An Epidemic within a Pandemic: Understanding Substance Use and Misuse in America:"
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Two Illinois Men Charged with Armed Robberies of Lake Delton Businesses
By DOE Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health Republican Leader Brett Guthrie (R-KY) participated in a hearing on substance use disorders becoming worse because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He urged the Democrats to join Republicans in combating fentanyl-related substances...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - A Camden County, New Jersey, man under investigation by the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office for child pornography-related offenses was indicted today for allegedly paying $20,000 in bitcoin to have the 14-year old child victim murdered, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) opened today’s markup of H.R. 51 by calling out Democrats for pushing D.C. statehood to consolidate their power in Washington in order to advance their radical agenda and pack the Supreme Court.
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2021
Release: SECRETARY GENERAL STOLTENBERG: So, Secretary Blinken, dear Tony, welcome back to NATO. It’s really great to see you here again.
